pris‧on‧er [countable]
1 someone who is kept in a prison as a legal punishment for a
crime or while they are waiting for their trial [↪ guard,imprison]:
Relationships between the staff and the
prisoners are good.Prisoners here only serve short sentences.
remand
prisoner
British English (=someone who is in prison waiting for their trial)
The organization is arguing for the release of
political prisoners (=people in prison because of their political
opinions).
2
someone who is taken by force and kept somewhere [= captive]
hold/keep
somebody prisoner
The guerillas kept her prisoner for three
months.He was being held prisoner.Our pilot was taken prisoner.The army advanced, taking 200,000 prisoners.
3
someone who is in a place or situation from which they cannot escape:
He is a prisoner of his own past.pris·on·er (pr
z
-nr, prznr)
n.
1. A person held in custody, captivity, or a condition of forcible restraint, especially while on trial or serving a prison sentence.
2. One deprived of freedom of expression or action: "He was a prisoner of his own personality
of that given set of traits that . . . predisposed him to see the world in a certain way, to make certain moves, certain choices" (William H. Hallahan).
of that given set of traits that . . . predisposed him to see the world in a certain way, to make certain moves, certain choices" (William H. Hallahan).
SOURCE: THE FREE DICTIONARY. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/PRISONER
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